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"We know and we have a firm belief, and he told us that he will not express himself and that he will apply what we call the right of silence. What should we do? We warned from day one, I said, if my client is silent, we will quit his defense," he added, speaking alongside lawyer Sven Mary in Brussels late Tuesday,.

Abdeslam, 27, was the only known survivor of a group of men accused of carrying out the attacks in November last year that killed 130 people. He was Europe's most wanted man for four months before he was captured in his home town of Brussels in a police raid in March.

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He was later extradited to France, where he is being tried over the attack, claimed by the ISIS militant group. He has not spoken in court since then.

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A forensic scientist works near a Paris cafe on Saturday, November 14, following a series of coordinated attacks in Paris the night before that killed scores of people. ISIS has claimed responsibility.

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Police are out in force November 14 near La Belle Equipe, one of the sites of the terror attacks.

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Forensic police search for evidence inside the Comptoir Voltaire cafe after the attacks.

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Shoes and a bloody shirt lie outside the Bataclan concert hall on November 14. Most of the fatalities occurred at the Bataclan in central Paris.

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Security forces evacuate people on Rue Oberkampf near the Bataclan concert hall early on November 14.

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Medics evacuate an injured woman on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire near the Bataclan early on November 14.

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Police, firefighters and rescue workers secure the area near the Bataclan concert hall on November 14.

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A man with blood on his shirt talks on the phone on November 14. He is next to the Bataclan theater, where gunmen shot concertgoers and held hostages until police raided the building.

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Police officers patrol the area around Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on November 14.

Victims of the shooting at the Bataclan concert venue in central Paris are evacuated to receive medical treatment on November 14.

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A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan theater early on November 14.

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Forensics are working in the street of Paris after the terrorist attack on Friday, November 13. The words "horror," "massacre" and "war" peppered the front pages of the country's newspapers, conveying the shell-shocked mood.

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Rescuers evacuate an injured person near the Stade de France, one of several sites of attacks November 13 in Paris. Thousands of fans were watching a soccer match between France and Germany when the attacks occurred.

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A survivor of the terrorist attack in the Bataclan is assisted following terror attacks, November 13. The violence at the Bataclan, which involved a hostage-taking, resulted in the highest number of casualties of all the attacks.

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Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France stadium after the international friendly soccer match between France and Germany in Saint-Denis.

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Spectators embrace each other as they stand on the playing field of the Stade de France stadium at the end of a soccer match between France and Germany in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on November 13.

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A body, covered by a sheet, is seen on the sidewalk outside the Bataclan theater.

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Rescuers evacuate an injured person on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, close to the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris.

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Wounded people are evacuated outside the scene of a hostage situation at the Bataclan theater in Paris on November 13.

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A medic tends to a wounded man following the attacks near the Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire.

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A woman walks past police and firefighters in the Oberkampf area of Paris.

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Wounded people are evacuated outside the Bataclan concert hall.

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Police secure the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, following explosions during the soccer match between France and Germany.

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A wounded man is evacuated from the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris.

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Spectators gather on the field of the Stade de France after the attacks. Explosions were heard during the soccer match between France and Germany.

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French security forces rush in as people are evacuated in the area of Rue Bichat in the 10th District of Paris.

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People leave the Stade de France after explosions were heard near the stadium during a soccer match between France and Germany on Friday. Paris Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman told CNN President Francois Hollande was at the match and was evacuated at halftime.

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Rescue workers and medics tend to victims at the scene of one of the shootings, a restaurant in the 10th District. Attackers reportedly used AK-47 automatic weapons in separate attacks across Paris, and there were explosions at the Stade de France.

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Abdeslam has been held in solitary confinement in a prison in Fleury-Mérogis, Essonne, one of the largest prisons in Europe.

'More of a follower'

His prison conditions are strict and he has a "dedicated supervisory team of experienced supervisors trained for dangerous people" overseeing him, said French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas in April.

His cell is "equipped with a video surveillance system" to ensure that he does not attempt to escape, try to kill himself, or communicate with anyone, he said.

Abdeslam -- a French national born in Belgium -- made his first appearance in court in April. Mary had at the time tried to downplay his alleged role in the terror attacks after media reports referred to him as a "mastermind."

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He was "more of a follower than leader," Mary had said, and called his client as "smart as an empty ashtray," according to Libération newspaper.

He is charged with murder and complicity in terrorist murder, the possession and use of weapons and explosives, and illegal confinement.

Berton had told BFM TV on the day of Abdeslam's first court appearance that their line of defense would be "to explain things," especially his radicalization and what happened in the moments before the attack.

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The killings -- at the Bataclan music venue, outside cafes and at the Stade de France -- together marked the deadliest of terror attacks in France's history.

The attack sent shockwaves across Europe and sent a signal that the Syrian conflict had reached the continent.

The siege at the Bataclan gave way to an hours-long standoff that ended when France's rapid response commandos raided the venue, with one of the attackers detonating a suicide vest, police told CNN at the time.

Abdeslam was one of at least 10 men allegedly directly involved in the Paris terror attacks. Most had entered Europe on fake documents after training in Syria, investigators have said, and several were known to French authorities.